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james holmes was arrested without a struggle in his car outside the theatre. police say holmes warned he rigged his apartment with explosives and in fact, his apartment has been booby trapped with explosives and trip wires. joining me now the chris jansing. chris, thank you for being with us. i know you just got there. just on to the scene. is there anything new and what is the mood there right now in aurora? >> well, as you can imagine, especially for people who lived in this area, back in 1999, this is all too familiar. we're just 12 miles down the road from the scene of the columbine shooting and it's been a horrific day. so many people who came to the scene of the shooting, trying to find out what had happened to loved ones, had they been in that particular theatre? had they been injured, been victims of the shooting. then you have a second scene, high anxiety, as you mention, this apartment and its very sophisticated crossed wires attached to plastic bottles. investigators don't know what's inside those bottles, they're obviously approaching this very car
james holmes was arrested without a struggle in his car outside the theatre. police say holmes warned he rigged his apartment with explosives and in fact, his apartment has been booby trapped with explosives and trip wires. joining me now the chris jansing. chris, thank you for being with us. i know you just got there. just on to the scene. is there anything new and what is the mood there right now in aurora? >> well, as you can imagine, especially for people who lived in this area, back...
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james holmes was arrested without a struggle at his car just outside the theater. in addition, police say holmes warned he had rigged his apartment with explosives and in fact, police say holmes' apartment has been booby-trapped with sophisticated explosives and trip wires. joining me now from aurora, colorado, is chris jansing. thanks for joining us on this difficult day. what is the latest there from aurora, colorado? >> we are learning more and more about the situation. [ no audio ] . >> thank you, chris jansing. obviously a little technical problem there. earlier tonight i had a chance to speak with jennifer seeger who was in that movie theater when gunfire erupted. i asked her to describe what happened. >> yeah. at the point where he took his first fire into the ceiling, i knew those were real bullets. he wasn't messing around. it was terrifying. i go in there to watch a movie and i come out with blood on me and dead bodies all around me. and gun shots. all by one man. you know what i mean? it's absolutely ludicrous to me how somebody could do that to anyone.
james holmes was arrested without a struggle at his car just outside the theater. in addition, police say holmes warned he had rigged his apartment with explosives and in fact, police say holmes' apartment has been booby-trapped with sophisticated explosives and trip wires. joining me now from aurora, colorado, is chris jansing. thanks for joining us on this difficult day. what is the latest there from aurora, colorado? >> we are learning more and more about the situation. [ no audio ] ....
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holmes had an assault rifle. we are hearing it jammed. he used three other weapons, a shotgun and two handguns. >> you can never answer that definitively about any of these particular cases. that's what makes it a little bit frustrating. it is a counter factual that didn't happen. you cat really say for sure. you can say for sure if, for example, the gun show loophole were closed, that's a place where i think studies have shown that people who might have trouble getting a gun through the regular processes at a regular gun store go to buy guns there. incidentally, there was a poll in 2009, 69% of nra members support closing that gun show loophole. the nra as an organization won't do it. >> interesting. michael tomassky, always a pleasure to read your work and speak with you. >> thank you. >>> a closer look at how james holming assembled that arsenal for mass murder. we will continue to remember the victims of the tragedy in colorado. ♪ ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male an
holmes had an assault rifle. we are hearing it jammed. he used three other weapons, a shotgun and two handguns. >> you can never answer that definitively about any of these particular cases. that's what makes it a little bit frustrating. it is a counter factual that didn't happen. you cat really say for sure. you can say for sure if, for example, the gun show loophole were closed, that's a place where i think studies have shown that people who might have trouble getting a gun through the...
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an attorney for katy holmes is denying report that the actress wants an emergency hearing on custody and child support. it comes in saying she filed an application that could have resulted in a public hearing >>> published reports said katy holmes planned an intricate escape from the marriage, including securing a new york city apartment and cutting off with friends >>> matthews mccon ahey tweeted that he and his wife are expecting a third child. >>> a represent confirms that claire danes and hugh dancecy, who wed in 2009, are expecting their first child. >>> finally, that was fast. days after pulling the plug on his personal twitter page, alec baldwin set out a tweet plugging an upcoming podcast. on his personal page, he sort of threw in the towel saying, i'm done. he has done this before apparently. i am talking to you although they have the camera on me. good morning. >>> a lot of people do that. they drop their facebook or twitter account and pick it up a week later. >> i have been tempted. >> we all have. >>> detroit, very nasty line of storms rolled through. it is over with for
an attorney for katy holmes is denying report that the actress wants an emergency hearing on custody and child support. it comes in saying she filed an application that could have resulted in a public hearing >>> published reports said katy holmes planned an intricate escape from the marriage, including securing a new york city apartment and cutting off with friends >>> matthews mccon ahey tweeted that he and his wife are expecting a third child. >>> a represent...
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james holmes had no criminal record. so it would be difficult to deny him weaponry under any gun control regime at all. he had a number of legal explosives in his home. he could have turned to that method of murder. if he wasn't capable of getting high amounts of weaponry fast enough. we must be humble when thinking about what in this particular case could have been done. but we cannot be scared away from thinking about what in the future we might yet do. joining us now is michael nutter, mayor of philadelphia and a member of mayors against illegal guns. mayor nutter, today, announced a new partnership with the department of justice for the reduction of violent crime in philadelphia. mayor nutter, thank you so much for joining me tonight. >> thank you, ezra. >> after the shooting in colorado, you issued a statement that was equal parts condolences and a call for stricter gun safety laws. so did some other mayors like mayor bloomberg. can these two ideas go together? can we have a discussion over gun control and aurora th
james holmes had no criminal record. so it would be difficult to deny him weaponry under any gun control regime at all. he had a number of legal explosives in his home. he could have turned to that method of murder. if he wasn't capable of getting high amounts of weaponry fast enough. we must be humble when thinking about what in this particular case could have been done. but we cannot be scared away from thinking about what in the future we might yet do. joining us now is michael nutter, mayor...
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holmes is due in court for his initial court appearance. and we could expect prosecutors to at least present some evidence that they may not have made public to date. but clearly this is an ongoing investigation. and what's in that apartment can be critical evidence for this. and i think that's another reason that police are responding so gingerly to this because they don't want to destroy what could be crucial evidence as to why he did what he did, anything he had written, his computers, all of that could be crucial evidence in this case. >> indeed. thank you to nbc's michael isikoff. >> thank you. >>> joining me from aurora is colorado state representative rhonda fields who lives minutes from the theater, the scene of theed shooing. representative, nice to talk to you this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> obviously, this is a terrible tragedy, a terrible blow to the community. how are people doing this morning? >> you know, i think people are just still in shock and awe. this is just something that no community could ever imagine.
holmes is due in court for his initial court appearance. and we could expect prosecutors to at least present some evidence that they may not have made public to date. but clearly this is an ongoing investigation. and what's in that apartment can be critical evidence for this. and i think that's another reason that police are responding so gingerly to this because they don't want to destroy what could be crucial evidence as to why he did what he did, anything he had written, his computers, all...
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you can see holmes' apartment behind me here, the one on the third floor there with windows broken out by authorities. as they were disarming those bombs. his building is still roped off. unclear when residents will be able to return. but as you said, in four buildings surrounding here, they have been allowed back home. i spoke with one woman a short time ago and she said i'm so glad it's over, you can imagine what it's been like for them. meantime, doesn't look like any investigation going on inside right now, but yesterday quite busy here as they worked to disarm what they are calling a sophisticated net wok of bombs inside the building. authorities found a waist-high trip wire at the door. 30 improvised grenades and three jugs of some kind of improvised napalm. they designed the bombs using a remote-controlled robotic device. we could hear a small blast outside here yesterday, and they also worked to preserve what's going to be used as evidence in the case against them as they continue to build that. last night, the fbi left here with what looked like a laptop and hard drive, and th
you can see holmes' apartment behind me here, the one on the third floor there with windows broken out by authorities. as they were disarming those bombs. his building is still roped off. unclear when residents will be able to return. but as you said, in four buildings surrounding here, they have been allowed back home. i spoke with one woman a short time ago and she said i'm so glad it's over, you can imagine what it's been like for them. meantime, doesn't look like any investigation going on...
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nbc's jed gray has details. >> reporter: federal agents tell nbc news james holmes told them where to find key in evidenc the case. the former neuroscience graduate student apparently told investigators about a package he had sent to the university of colorado's medical campus in aurora. police found that package on monday unopened in the school's mail room. inside they discovered what's described as handwritten details about killing people. as the investigation continues, so does the mourning here. >> i'm overwhelmed by the tragedy of all of this and the senselessness of all of it. i mean, good people taken. >> reporter: people like 51-year-old gordon cowden, the oldest victim of the massacre took his two teenage daughters to the movie. they survived. he was laid to rest, the first of at least 12 funerals for victims of the attack. after the chaos and killing at the theater, there are now growing questions in this grieving community about what will happen to the crime scene. some say it should be torn down and replaced by a memorial. others, though, argue the cinema should reopen to
nbc's jed gray has details. >> reporter: federal agents tell nbc news james holmes told them where to find key in evidenc the case. the former neuroscience graduate student apparently told investigators about a package he had sent to the university of colorado's medical campus in aurora. police found that package on monday unopened in the school's mail room. inside they discovered what's described as handwritten details about killing people. as the investigation continues, so does the...
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meanwhile, holmes' family is vowing to stand by him while offering condole
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among the few things we know about james holmes are these. police say he is not cooperating with investigators besides telling them his apartment was booby trapped. he was in the process of a phd. we know nothing of his mendel state. the book you wrote about columbine it is a masterpiece. to start off the conversation, we find ourselves sometimes in the business of cable news having air time to fill with not that many facts to fill them with. one of the things that comes across in your book is that the story that we got about what happened in columbine and the perpetrators of columbine on the day and week and month and became all we knew was the facts wasn't true. what do we think we know that we didn't know and how did that happen? >> most people still believe that we know exactly what happened in columbine, what went on, that it was two loner outcasts as revenge for years of being bullied. not one single thing is true. they weren't part of the trench coat mafia. they weren't outcasts none of that. i thought i was going to go through the fir
among the few things we know about james holmes are these. police say he is not cooperating with investigators besides telling them his apartment was booby trapped. he was in the process of a phd. we know nothing of his mendel state. the book you wrote about columbine it is a masterpiece. to start off the conversation, we find ourselves sometimes in the business of cable news having air time to fill with not that many facts to fill them with. one of the things that comes across in your book is...
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and that was a factor in the ability to kill all those people and it is a factor in holmes' ability to kill all those people. if he could not get his hands on a semiautomatic weapon, he wouldn't have been able to kill and injure 70 people. there's no way in that period of time he would have been able to do it. and it makes sense. are we going to be able to eliminate these incidents? no. can we limit the harm? absolutely, yes, we can limit the harm. and as a civilized society, we have no choice but to do it. if our politicians don't have the guts to do it, shame on them. >> governor, as you know, the 100 clips is already illegal. manning if one or or two -- >> but 33 clips. loughner had a 33-clip magazine. and that was legal. that was legal. 33. 33. >> my guess, governor, is that there are at least two or three people in that theater that night who had a concealed carry weapon who didn't bring their weapon into century 16 because it wasn't allowed as a gun-free zone and they wished to god they had that weapon. and i think -- >> that would have been wonderful. we would have had in the da
and that was a factor in the ability to kill all those people and it is a factor in holmes' ability to kill all those people. if he could not get his hands on a semiautomatic weapon, he wouldn't have been able to kill and injure 70 people. there's no way in that period of time he would have been able to do it. and it makes sense. are we going to be able to eliminate these incidents? no. can we limit the harm? absolutely, yes, we can limit the harm. and as a civilized society, we have no choice...
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>> will we see a katie holmes "vanity fair" cover? >> if she wants it. >> before we ask for jonathan's insight we should announce to the world it's his birthday today. it's appropriate we sing a little bit of a happy birthday to him. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> jonathan? >> the contract was up. you know she decided five years, i have an option to get out, i'm getting out. that's my view of it. >> have you seen the "new york post"? do they get anything in washington with all the power outages. the "new york post" and "daily news" and rue purity murdoch tweeting, what was his tweet? >> something strange. >> about scientology. >> possibly evil about these people. double down on it too. >> there it is. scientology back in news. very weird cult but big, big money involved with tom cruise either number two or three in hierarchy. how long will it be today before someone cancels rupert's tweeting ability? >> he's been tweeting for a while, çthough. >> one of the ten biggest developments in tweeting history. rupert
>> will we see a katie holmes "vanity fair" cover? >> if she wants it. >> before we ask for jonathan's insight we should announce to the world it's his birthday today. it's appropriate we sing a little bit of a happy birthday to him. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> jonathan? >> the contract was up. you know she decided five years, i have an option to get out, i'm getting out. that's my view of it. >> have you seen the...
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james holmes allegedly rigged his home with as many as 60 different devices. >>> now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. would you risk your life to save a stranger who seemingly wants to die? it's a question few people ever have to contemplate, but in our next story strangers spending a relaxing day in the park were facing that very situation and they'll have to make a decision in an instant. a man perched at the edge of a bridge contemplates life or death. >> oh, man. >> but as minutes tick by, the question soon becomes one for witnesses on the ground. what should they do? >> we're skating across the bridge here. >> tara johnson is roller-blading through fairmont park in philadelphia with her boyfriend, garrett couples, on may 6, 2000, when their leisurely saturday afternoon takes a turn. >> i kind of glanced over my left shoulder. i noticed that there was a gentleman sitting on the bridge. >> next thing tara and garrett know, police cars and fire trucks swarm all around them. they're forced off the bridge to a nearby riverbank.
james holmes allegedly rigged his home with as many as 60 different devices. >>> now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. would you risk your life to save a stranger who seemingly wants to die? it's a question few people ever have to contemplate, but in our next story strangers spending a relaxing day in the park were facing that very situation and they'll have to make a decision in an instant. a man...
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>> we are told his name is james holmes. he was born december 13, 1987 and lives in aurora, colorado, where authorities are uh now. one of the many strange things about this is that after the shooting he didn't try to run away. he was arrested by the police standing near a car. he claimed that the car and his apartment were both rigged with explosives. they have searched his car and haven't found explosives. the picture you are looking at now is the apartment in aurora, colorado, he said was booby-trapped. you can see they have decided to go in a window of the apartment instead of the door, just in case he was right about the apartment. he was obviously not right about the car. we are told when he entered the theater he came through the theater exit. he had four weapons with him -- a rifle, shotgun and two handguns. he was dressed in black, wearing a mask, a bullet proof vest. this is the car outside the theater he claimed was rigged with explosives but a thorough search found none. he told them about this and told them abou
>> we are told his name is james holmes. he was born december 13, 1987 and lives in aurora, colorado, where authorities are uh now. one of the many strange things about this is that after the shooting he didn't try to run away. he was arrested by the police standing near a car. he claimed that the car and his apartment were both rigged with explosives. they have searched his car and haven't found explosives. the picture you are looking at now is the apartment in aurora, colorado, he said...
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that what do we know about the legal status of james holmes? does he still have a public defender or what is the defense team doing? >> yeah. he still does have a public defender. we do expect to see him in court again on monday. unfortunately cameras will not be allowed in court for this appearance but we do expect him to be in court on monday. there's been a gag order issued on the case, which means police and prosecutors are not able to talk about the evidence gathered or the case, so we do know the case is moving forward. publicly officials are not discussing the case today, andrea. >> and the one thing -- the other thing that happened which was on a positive note. christian bale, the actor, of course, from dark knight came to visit with the survivor, to the victims' families, and that was a big lift to the people of aurora. >> absolutely. he showed up here in town yesterday unannounced. paramount said it was not their intention for him to come out here, he did this unprompted. he showed up at some local hospitals and spent time with some o
that what do we know about the legal status of james holmes? does he still have a public defender or what is the defense team doing? >> yeah. he still does have a public defender. we do expect to see him in court again on monday. unfortunately cameras will not be allowed in court for this appearance but we do expect him to be in court on monday. there's been a gag order issued on the case, which means police and prosecutors are not able to talk about the evidence gathered or the case, so...
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mimi rogers, nicole kidman, now katie holmes. is there some significance to that? anyone knows. but that number has come up apparently in scientology, but, you know, another thing about scientology, unless you're in the actual religion, the church, there's a lot that is -- >> fairly close lipped. >> yeah. >> very mysterious. there are also those discussions that have been going on for quite some time as to the contract that perhaps existed between the two of them. >> right. >> is this the expiration date? what did it involve in terms of auditions earlier on? >> well, from the beginning there were reports saying this was a hook-up. it's not unusual for a celebrity to be arranged to meet a different celebrity. this one is unusual is saying there were auditions, some walked away from the idea and katie reportedly embraced it. some say she would get $3 million for each year of marriage but some reports say that is not the case. >> you traveled with them recently. >> i traveled with them the year that this engagement was announced. when he was promoting "war of the worlds." it was a
mimi rogers, nicole kidman, now katie holmes. is there some significance to that? anyone knows. but that number has come up apparently in scientology, but, you know, another thing about scientology, unless you're in the actual religion, the church, there's a lot that is -- >> fairly close lipped. >> yeah. >> very mysterious. there are also those discussions that have been going on for quite some time as to the contract that perhaps existed between the two of them. >>...